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        With C++11 and later, user-defined completion handlers are only required
        to be move constructible, and are not required to be copy constructible.
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        When move support is enabled, asynchronous that are documented as follows:
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    <pre class="programlisting"><span class="keyword">template</span> <span class="special">&lt;</span><span
            class="keyword">typename</span> <span class="identifier">Handler</span><span class="special">&gt;</span>
<span class="keyword">void</span> <span class="identifier">async_XYZ</span><span class="special">(...,</span> <span
                class="identifier">Handler</span> <span class="identifier">handler</span><span class="special">);</span>
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        are actually declared as:
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    <pre class="programlisting"><span class="keyword">template</span> <span class="special">&lt;</span><span
            class="keyword">typename</span> <span class="identifier">Handler</span><span class="special">&gt;</span>
<span class="keyword">void</span> <span class="identifier">async_XYZ</span><span class="special">(...,</span> <span
                class="identifier">Handler</span><span class="special">&amp;&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">handler</span><span
                class="special">);</span>
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        The handler argument is perfectly forwarded and the move construction occurs
        within the body of <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">async_XYZ</span><span class="special">()</span></code>.
        This ensures that all other function
        arguments are evaluated prior to the move. This is critical when the other
        arguments to <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">async_XYZ</span><span
            class="special">()</span></code> are members of the handler. For example:
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    <pre class="programlisting"><span class="keyword">struct</span> <span class="identifier">my_operation</span>
<span class="special">{</span>
  <span class="identifier">unique_ptr</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">tcp</span><span
                class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">socket</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span
                class="identifier">socket</span><span class="special">;</span>
  <span class="identifier">unique_ptr</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">vector</span><span
                class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">char</span><span class="special">&gt;&gt;</span> <span
                class="identifier">buffer</span><span class="special">;</span>
  <span class="special">...</span>
  <span class="keyword">void</span> <span class="keyword">operator</span><span class="special">(</span><span
                class="identifier">error_code</span> <span class="identifier">ec</span><span
                class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">size_t</span> <span
                class="identifier">length</span><span class="special">)</span>
  <span class="special">{</span>
    <span class="special">...</span>
    <span class="identifier">socket</span><span class="special">-&gt;</span><span
                class="identifier">async_read_some</span><span class="special">(</span><span
                class="identifier">asio</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">buffer</span><span
                class="special">(*</span><span class="identifier">buffer</span><span class="special">),</span> <span
                class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">move</span><span
                class="special">(*</span><span class="keyword">this</span><span class="special">));</span>
    <span class="special">...</span>
  <span class="special">}</span>
<span class="special">};</span>
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        Move support is automatically enabled for <code class="literal">g++</code> 4.5 and
        later, when the <code class="literal">-std=c++0x</code> or <code class="literal">-std=gnu++0x</code>
        compiler options are used. It may be disabled by defining <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">ASIO_DISABLE_MOVE</span></code>,
        or explicitly enabled
        for other compilers by defining <code class="computeroutput"><span
            class="identifier">ASIO_HAS_MOVE</span></code>.
        Note that these macros also affect the availability of <a class="link" href="move_objects.html"
                                                                  title="Movable I/O Objects">movable
        I/O objects</a>.
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